, 1887-01-23
WINTER NOTES.
Common Occurrences in and About
the City.
Matters of Minor Importance
Hastily Gathered.

Sheriff Sharpless and deputies have re-
turned from Lusk.
The district court will convene on the
22nd of mex month.
The train from the Fast was an hour
and a half late last evening.
The supreme court adjourned last
evening until Feb. 7 at 10 q. M.
J. A. Vandevere is still very sick, and
there is hardly any chance of his re-
covcry.
The brother Of J. A. Vandevere will
probably arrive from Sioux City, Ia,
this evening.
A number of the firemen friends of
George Bescherer presented him with an
elegant gold watch last evening.
Have you just got back from Lusk?"
was the salutation met with at every
street corner and place of business last
evening.
Frank Dana is now conducting his
-four. feed and grain business at 1921
Eddy street, between Sixteenth and Sew
enteenth streets.
In the United States District Court in
Denver. Friday. j. P. Robinson plead
guilty to an an indictment for fencing
government land. He was fined $40.
The telegraph line between Fort Lara
mic and Lusk should be repaired so that
it can be used again. The line between.
this city and Fort Laramie is all right.
There will be a special meeting of the
members Of the Baptist church at the
close of the Sunday evening service.
Every member is requested to be present.
The troops returned from Lusk some
what fatigued, but in first-class fighting
order. Their retreat was effected without
loss, excepting to the commissary depart
ment.
March /, 1887, Nebraska will be twenty
year old as a state. When Nebraska was
admitted there were but twenty-five or
ganized counties; now there are seventy
three.
Special services will be continued at the
First Congregational church Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings. We
earnestly invite you to all these services.
Seats free and a cordial welcome to all.
The members of the sherif's little
army speak in glowing terms of the re-
ception rendered them by the people of
Lusk. Innocent souls. that they are,
they supposed that the sheriff and his
escort had come to I.usk to celebrate his
accession to office.
A little Ferguson street miss Was busy
amusing herself with her doll, when she
was observed to pause suddenly and think
%intently for a moment; then, turning to
her mother, she said: Mamma, when |
die, can | take dollie with me to heaven2"
"No, my child, replied mamma, they
don't have dolls in heaven Where
upon the little one Indignantly exclaimed
Den I'll take my dolly to hell and
play by de fire
A bullet fired from Il glolast rifle by
boys in the vicinity of the residence of W.
A. Robbins yesterday, came through a
window in his house and nearly hit one of
his little children. The city marshal
should, and very likely will, look into
this matter and see that boys with these
weapons are not allowed to go around the
city shooting at pigeons or anything else.
The bullets are always likely to hit some
one.
The end OF the track upon the new
road is now within q few miles of Chug-
water, and regular trains are running
thereon. As soon as the road is com
pleted up to the Chug the probabilities
are that the stage from this city to Fort
Laramie will not come down from the
Chug, but will run from there to the
north, as passengers will then be able to
go by rail to the Chug and from there
can travel by stage, if going further
north.